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hyperlatina
Joined: 30 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: $4,400/month for ESL? A scam, or legit? |
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I've been searching for jobs in the UAE for awhile now, and have found it nearly impossible to find anything without having at least a Masters. As I was searching a job forum and contemplating the possibility of coming back to Korea (let's hope it doesn't come to this), the following advert caught my eye:
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Job Title: $4400 OFFER FOR ESL POSITIONS
Job Category: ESL / Language
Salary Offered: USD 4400 per Month
Overtime Pay Offered: 50
Start Date: ASAP
Number of Positions Offered: 4
Working Hours/Month: 6
Type of Positions: Full-time
Job Location: Other
Housing Offered: Single Housing - Furnished
Benefits Offered: Round-trip Airfare, Medical Insurance, Paid Vacation, Year-end Bonus
Teaching Level (If applicable):
Job Description
EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES IN DUBAI(U.A.E)
This is an advertisement looking for foreigner staffs or
people who want to work in DUBAI (U.A.E) the work are
english speakers and Esl Teachers .
salary pays $4400 per month (No agency
fees)
working duration per day is 6hours Daily(9am to 3pm)
Housing : single
Starting date : ASAP
Working days : (Mon ~ Fri)
Free Round airplane ticket : YES
Free housing : YES
Severance : $4000
Vacation : 14 days plus all national holidays
Holiday bonus:$200
Medical care : 100%
All Nationality accepted
Please Apply Direct ONLINE THROUGH
MOD EDIT - no publication of job ads allowed - contact information removed)
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Now, call me a skeptic, but if it sounds too good to be true... well, you know the rest. Also, after pulling up the website, I found it to be something that a 12 year old could make in his/her IT class. Any opinions? |
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kiefer
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: Evil I tells ya |
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Vacation : 14 days plus all national holidays. That's rough and unheard of in these parts.
The website is on a free host. The local telephone number is a cell phone.
What a riot!
Are those pasty faced, corn fed kids in the photos supposed to be Emiratis? I think the Painseville, Ohio address is actually Federico General Tires.
But seriously, If any legit business can't pony up 80 dollars a year for a website with an @companyname.com Email address, I'd say it's safe to assume it's a scam of some sort, maybe identity thieves. Passport number on an initial application? Proceed with extreme caution.
Check out this link. Someone earlier this month researched this Global Recruitment Dubai.
http://www.dubaifaqs.com/school-in-dubai-UAE-details.php?organisation_ID=374
If you're looking for work anytime soon, may I recommend the kimchi? |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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US$ 4400 a month for a school? with no MA?
In our dreams...
I wouldn't even want this crowd to know my email address, no less passport numbers...
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stoth1972
Joined: 16 May 2003
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Location: Seattle, Washington
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Painseville, Ohio? Not far from my old stomping grounds. I saw this on a paid job site earlier this week. Total joke. |
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Longton
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:42 am Post subject: |
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From the high salary and the appalling English I would say it's a west African scam :
foreigner staffs ; working days Mon - Fri (Friday is a holiday in UAE) ; the work are english speakers ; All Nationality accepted���� |
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kiefer
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: good to know right from wrong |
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I noticed the moderator removed the ad but in doing so also removed the link.
I'm reposting the link
http://www.freewebs.com/globalrecruiter/index.htm
and hope it stays for two reasons
1. The website is so cheesy it's hilarious. Lavender butterflies? First season SNL funny.
2. I hope this post gets spidered by Google so that anyone else who researches the school or agency follows the search engine listing to this warning: Global Recruitment UAE is not a legitimate business.
The bad guys may also be aware of this buzz. Since yesterday, they have added a sound file that doesn't play and removed the reference to the non existent Deira Homeland School. And while I'm typing in key words for search engines, I'd like to add Rashid Abbas Global recruitment, maids needed, nannies needed, sex slaves, Dubai scam.
Thanks to the OP for flagging this ad.
(MOD: employment link allowed for reasons stated) |
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veiledsentiments
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Location: USA
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That is pretty bad. Horrible English all throughout. Did you note that they say that hospital cleaners get over US$500 a WEEK??? The name of the hospital was Manly Hospital. That made me laugh... is there any hospital with a name like that in the UAE? (is there also a Womanly Hospital?)
The slaves that they pull in with that one will be lucky to get that in a month or two or three...
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kiefer
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: It keeps getting funnier |
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HA!
A little levity before the school year starts is a good thing.
Yes, I'm sure Global Recruitment is aware of this buzz. I just went to their guest book. Nine satisfied customers have endorsed them--all nine made the endorsements at exactly the same time. http://www.freewebs.com/globalrecruiter/guestbook.htm |
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trapezius
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: Land of Culture of Death & Destruction
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Haha, I posted in their guestbook... take a look!  Check it out!!!
Yeah their hospital ad is ridiculous:
$2,000+ for cleaners
$3,000+ for drivers
$8,800+ for lab technicians
per MONTH. 
Those are closer to YEARLY salaries for those jobs, than to monthly salaries.
And look at this one:
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This is an advertisement looking for foreigner staffs or
people who want to work in DUBAI (U.A.E)Most of the work are
secretary,salesmanager,factory worker,helper,nanny,baby sitter,Cleaner
,Computer Operators,drivers,english speakers,Esl Teachers .
salary pays around $2500 to $4000 per month (No agency fees) |
YEAH RIGHT!!!
I am going to apply seriously and play with them and then hopefully expose the scam with some proof/evidence.  |
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veiledsentiments
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Location: USA
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I hope you're creating a whole new persona and a fresh new email address. 
VS |
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kiefer
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:22 am Post subject: Hapless |
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Not to worry. I think we're dealing with the gang that couldn't shoot straight.
They've turned off their guest book page. |
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jabberjaw
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: Oh boy! |
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Well, I've got to admit I was fooled. I first contacted these people 2 or 3 weeks ago. I got the following e-mail response back I believe the same day I first contacted them.
It's funny he said I had several applications because I had only just sent my resume into him.
I sent them my info immediately. I gave these people my passport number, my e-mail address, my visa number here in Saudi Arabia plus my next of kin�s address in the US and my address here in Saudi Arabia. The very same day I sent these people my information I got the following e-mail:
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From/ Atika Language School,
Dubai, U.A.E.
We have today received your resume attached with your letter of application and interview conducted on our behalf by Global Recruiters.
After going through the submissions, we are satisfied and will be sending to you your letter of employment and contract working details.
Urgently revert to us on reciept of this e-message.
Yours faithfully,
Alzubra. |
They mentioned an interview but no one ever interviewed me! Then, the next day they sent me a job offer.
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From/ Atika Language School,
Find as attached your letter of Employment, Contract conditionality and all other rules and regulations as stipulated by the law of the land.
For your traveling visas and work permit, you are advised to contact the below listed address directly. This is the office that is responsible for final approval and issuance of visas and work permit.
Atten. Mr Abdul Fattah Altaf
United Arab Emirates-Ministry of Interior Naturalization &
Residency Administration-Dubai.
{Foreign Employment Visa Issuance Department}
17 Naif Rd.Deira, Dubai, U.A.E
Tel/Fax: +971 4338 1603
E-Mail: [email protected]
We are urgently looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you,
A. Alzubra. |
They attached a job offer for $56,800 per year plus food and transportation allowances and said I would have Saturdays and Sundays off. There was a scribbled signature of a supposed HR Manager for the language school on the "Employment Agreement".
I e-mailed the supposed language school owner with lots of questions about the job and below is his reply. Notice how there is no contact phone number.
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"ATIKA LANGUAGE SCHOOL" <[email protected]> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
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To: "jabberjaw�
Subject: Re: Questions (English Instructor Job Offer Response)
I dont have time to answer your long question cause all answers to your question is included in your Contract Agreement .
Please i have many works on my desk.
Yours faithfully,
Alzubra Abdul-Ghafur
[Atika Language School]
683-686 Sheikh zayed Street,
Deira Dubai United Arab Emirates� |
Also, a friend just e-mailed me today another ad from this recruiter that was found on a Korean job search website. I re-emailed the recruiter and asked them about this new position but have received no response. Notice how the name of the recruiter changes this time from an Arabic name to an apparently British one.
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Dhakiya Modern Academy Employment Vacancy in the UAE:
Salary: $4,400 per month.
End of year bonus: $4,000.
Teach 6 hours a day.
25 or fewer students per class.
Free furnished apartment within walking distance of
the school.
Free airplane ticket.
Paid vacations plus all national holidays.
apply direct:
www.freewebs.com/globalrecruiter/applicationform.htm
OR
through e-mail: [email protected].
For info, call: 971-509468801.
CEO Name: Reginald Johnson
+44-7024025746
Corn Exchange, 156 Mark Lane, London, England, EC3,
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I hope nothing bad comes out of this. Now I understand why my questions were not answered when I thought I was e-mailing the language school they supposedly hooked me up with. What do you think they will do with my information? I never called that number they told me to call to get my visa paperwork rolling. |
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kiefer
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| Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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J.J.
Good of you to add your detailed experience to this post--let's hope the Google bot spiders your post and references more search terms and names. |
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veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Since you have already provided some information, it might be useful for you to pursue and see what their next step is... one would think that soon enough they will be asking for cash... or your US bank account number to do direct deposit of your salary. (err... NEVER give this out to any organization)
Of course they may be following this site too and would be on to you...
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mishmumkin
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| Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe we should all submit horrendously bogus CVs and then ask them for their bank account information (I do this w/ nigerian spammers now and again for fun). |
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